Gastón Sangoy (born 5 October 1984) is a former professional

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footballer who last played as a striker for Atlètico Paraná.

Career

A product of the

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youth system in

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, he has been loaned out for most of his young career to clubs in the Netherlands,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

. Playing mainly as a second striker, but also as a right and left winger because of his ability to use both his feet with great success, he is renowned for his excellent direct free-kicks.

Universitario de Deportes

In January 2006 he moved to

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, to play for

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...

. He played

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and scored 3 goals in 5 games.

Stint in Israel and settle in Cyprus

After trialling with

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, the club turned down the loan offer citing the players weight problems. He then found his way to

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

side,

Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל אשקלון, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ashkelon'') is an Israeli football club based in Ashkelon. The club currently competes in Liga Alef and plays at the 5,250-capacity Sala Stadi ...

. There he had a breakout season and guided the club to the

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

final. Despite his performances in the cup, the club was relegated to the

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit ( he, ליגה ארצית, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run b ...

and Sangoy left Israel to sign with Cypriot club,

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

. In April 2008, after several decent performances with his new club, he signed a four-year extension to his contract until 2012. Despite being a very disappointing season for

, 2008–09 was for Sangoy the most prolific season in his career having scored 20 goals in 27 championship matches and as a result being the fans favourite. In May 2009 a very controversial decision was taken by the

Cyprus Football Association The Cyprus Football Association (CFA; el, Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου (ΚΟΠ), Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou (KOP)) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia. It organizes the footb ...

(CFA). After announcing a month before that the league's top scorer was to be decided at the end of the regular season, who at the time was Sangoy, the CFA reversed its decision by saying that the top scorer was to be decided after the end of the play-offs. Thus Sangoy, who during this time was preserved by his coach for the more important cup matches, missed the "golden boot". In 2009, he became Apollon's captain. In 2010, he played a major role in helping his team

win the

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Al Wakrah

Sangoy joined

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side

Al Wakrah Al Wakrah ( ar, الوكرة, al-Wakra) is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf and Qatar's capital Doha is situated to the city's immediate north. Governed by Sheikh ...

in July 2015.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sangoy, Gaston 1984 births Living people People from Paraná, Entre Ríos Argentine footballers Association football forwards Boca Juniors footballers AFC Ajax players Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Categoría Primera A players Millonarios F.C. players Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Apollon Limassol FC players La Liga players Sporting de Gijón players Qatar Stars League players Al-Wakrah SC players Mumbai City FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Peru Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Poland Sportspeople from Entre Ríos Province